What is the thickest book you own?

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Re: What is the thickest book you own?

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The unabridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo, with 1,276 pages. Runner up is The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett with 750 pages.
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With the exception of the Family Bible right now the thickest book I own would have to be Stephen King's The Stand.
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Reader's Digest How to Write and Speak Better. It's a hardback so when I read it, I'm usually at my study table because if I read it the way I usually read my books, it's going to end up on my face and that's going to hurt.
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SharisseEM wrote:Reader's Digest How to Write and Speak Better. It's a hardback so when I read it, I'm usually at my study table because if I read it the way I usually read my books, it's going to end up on my face and that's going to hurt.
I hear ya! Smart move! :lol:
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I have one long non-fiction book on my shelf, which I dip into very occasionally. It's called Europe: A History by Norman Davies and is 1133 pages. The longest fiction I've got is Asa: A Secret History by Mary Gentle. That one is 1090 pages long - probably the reason why I haven't read it yet!
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My books aren't thick. They're just big-boned. 8)
Okay, kidding. No. All my books are the same size. Kindle.
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As of now it's girls night in written by a number of authors !
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The Holocaust by Martin Gilbert.
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My thickest would be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows probably.
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, most my books are on Kindle now and i gave my gran most of my books (she's a reader too & loved twilight!) but i had to keep this book just because it's such a beautiful cover.
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Complete Sherlock Holmes by Doyle.
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (all in one book).
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That would be Stephen King's "Under the Dome" at a whopping 1,017 pages. It was good. I recommend it.
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Gone with the Wind - 1,448 pages. All completely worth it. It's one of my favorite novels and I reread sections of it now and then. I don't know what I'll do when that copy finally falls apart. I'm so attached to that particular book.
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-- 07 Nov 2014, 22:14 --

The thickest book that I own is Strong's Compact Bible Concordance. I find this pretty ironic simply because I have a large number of books. Out of the 200 or so on my shelves, indeed the Concordance is the thickest one. I even placed this book next to others just to make sure, although it is 749 pages long.
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